Today's news covers the start of Season 13 PvP, and some details on the trinket hotfixes from yesterday that are designed to smooth out unlucky proc situations from players.

Season 13 Has Begun

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PvP Season 13 for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria has begun! Team and Personal Ratings have been reset and players can once again take to the Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds to test their mettle.

The bid for PvP supremacy continues. Do you have what it takes to climb to the top of the leaderboards?

Here's a breakdown of the big PvP changes in Season 13:This season's elite PvP gear does not require any rating--it instead requires you to acquire 27,000 this season. The special PvP gear will cost Honor to purchase.Losing teams in an RBG can acquire up to 200 .Balance, Feral, Windwalker, Retribution, Shadow, Enhancement and Elemental now gain 25% of the bonus healing provided by PvP Power (was 0%). Dedicated healers will continue to gain 50% of the bonus healing, and no

Many professions are getting big changes and additions in Patch 5.2. In this guide, we've broken down all the major changes to all the professions, including new vanity items, reagents, and crafted gear. Blacksmithing has the most changes, but there's also a new "Fish of the Day" event, a new archaeology race, and many recipes covering ilvl 522 raid gear and ilvl 458 PvP armor.

We do have one sad announcement to make--Pierre, an Engineering pet, is not coming in 5.2. Previously he was included in the PTR Pet Journal and PTR characters got level 25 rare versions of him.

Blizzard just posted a very useful PvP blog for 5.2 preparations, reminding users of these important changes:

Rating requirements will be removed from PvP gear.

Malevolent Gladiator’s gear will be available for purchase with Honor Points.

A new tier of Conquest Point gear will be added that becomes available once 27000 Conquest Points have been earned for the season.

Currently, users can choose between upgrading some Malevolent Gladiator items while you still can with Conquest Points, or saving up and buying the 5.2 versions with Honor as soon as the patch hits. Unlike yesterday's blog covering how Valor Points won't be downgraded to Justice, Conquest Points will be downgraded to Honor when 5.2 starts.

There's also been some class changes from February 11th, that were posted to the EU forums this morning.

Finally, there's a huge Blizzard sale going on--all World of Warcraft games are 70% off!

Click the cut to read the PvP blog, patch note updates, and details on the huge Blizzard Store sale!

We've got a more current preview of this scenario here, now with harmful NPCs and traps present!

5.2 Single-Player Loot-Grabbing Scenario

On Blizzard's recent Patch 5.2 Preview page, they describe a "single-player loot-grabbing scenario," otherwise known as the Treasure Room. This was recently viewable in a rough state on the PTR, and while we queued up and tested it out, we weren't quite sure what its purpose was until Blizzard's announcement!

All Season 13 gear is now purchasable for free on the 5.2 PTR and we've got all of the items in our database! We've made a preview of all the new sets including their 3D models, updated set bonuses, and links to all items organized by type.

As we've noted before, there are different colors for ilvl 493 Alliance and Horde sets, as well as an ilvl 512 Elite set. In contrast to past seasons, S13 Elite armor can be purchased without rating--but only after you've accumulated 27,000 .